South Korea says North Korea must immediately withdraw an implicit threat it made this week to civilian airliners. Major airlines have adjusted their routes. Asiana airline employees work in front of a graphic screen indicating airroutes at Asiana A...
U.S. President Barack Obama says Friday's report showing unemployment in the United States has reached the highest level in 25 years, underscores the importance of the economic stimulus package he has signed in an effort to jump start the stalled ec...
The International Labor Organization warns the economic crisis is expected to increase the number of unemployed people worldwide between 24 million and 52 million, of which 22 million would be women. At the same time, the ILO reports the deepening r...
The United States joined U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Thursday in urging Sudan to reconsider its announced expulsion of leading international aid agencies active in war-torn Darfur. Sudan took the action after the International Criminal Court,...